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A crash on Tuesday has closed the right two lanes and the left lane of Interstate 440 West after Exit 13-A for New Bern Avenue in Raleigh. Tune in to 99.3 FM or WRAL News on FOX 50 for traffic updates.

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Tonight at 6 on WRAL, what's behind the disturbing trend in underage drinking and, in a rare interview you'll only see on WRAL, the head of the state's alcohol law enforcement talks about what they need to save the lives of our children.

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In November 2022 Tessiah Smithen received a letter that's haunted her for 18 months. Since, a teacher has resigned, and the school system is making changes following a 5 On Your Side investigation.

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Strawberry farms in the Triangle are now open and ready for strawberry lovers to come and fill up their buckets.



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Four Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers injured when a man opened fire have been released from the hospital, the department posted on Facebook a week after the shooting.

Charlotte officers injured in deadly shooting released from hospital

Live look: Multiple officers shot in east Charlotte

Loved ones are gathering for a memorial service for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks on Monday morning.

Loved ones gather for memorial service for Deputy US Marshal killed in Charlotte

Four officers were killed Monday while trying to serve a warrant at an east Charlotte home. A total of eight officers were shot, according to police.

7, JULIAN GRACE WILL BE LIVE ON CAMPUS BRINGING YOU THE LATEST. >> WE'RE LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER 4 OFFICERS WERE SHOT TO DEATH IN CHARLOTTE WHILE SERVING A WARRANT. JOSHUA WIRE XING ELDON ELLIOTT AND THOMAS WEEKS. THEY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY YESTERDAY. WR IS MONICA. CASEY IS LIVE IN CHARLOTTE TONIGHT WITH THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. MONICA, I KNOW RESIDENTS MUST STILL BE NUMBER WHAT HAPPENED. TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE DAY LATER. >> WELL, IN THE LAST 2 HOURS, WE'VE STARTED TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT HERE AT THE HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A UHAUL TRUCK HERE IN THE DRIVEWAY. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE COMING AND GOING WITH BOXES. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE HOME HERE AFTER A SWAT VEHICLE TOOK OUT THE FRONT OF THIS STRUCTURE MAKING IT AN LIVABLE. >> COMING UP, THE STAIRS WINDOW GREETED MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE SERVING A WARRANT IN THIS EAST. CHARLOTTE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SURGEON IS A MEMBER OF THAT TASK FORCE. HE CALLED FOR HELP FROM CMPD CHIEF JOHNNY JENNINGS SAYS NONE OF HIS OFFICERS HESITATED TO RUSH INTO THAT DANGER. THEY WERE MET WITH GUNFIRE. >> AND THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO RESCUE A TASK FORCE OFFICERS WHO WERE DOWN BY THE GUNFIRE. AND THEN AT AS THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THAT RESCUE. WE HAD 4 OFFICERS SHOT AS A RESULT. OFFICERS BROUGHT A WOUNDED MEMBER INTO TYLER WILSON'S HE WAS BREATHING. HE WAS CONSCIOUS. THEY WERE ALSO READY TO KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE. THERE ARE LIKE AT LEAST 2 OFFICERS BY MY BACK DOOR TRYING TO TAKE ME MY FATHER. IF IT'S THAT WILLINGNESS TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE THAT PEOPLE HERE REMEMBER. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, WHAT THEY'RE FEELING. SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO COME BY AND PAY SOME RESPECT. THE SUSPECT WHO WAS KILLED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TERRI CLARK HUGHES JUNIOR HUGHES WAS CONVICTED OF FELONY BREAKING AND ENTERING IN PERSON COUNTY IN 2009. HE WAS CONVICTED AGAIN IN 2012 IN ALAMANCE COUNTY FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON. HE ALSO HAD A PENDING CASE IN PERSON COUNTY FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON. >> AND MARIJUANA POSSESSION AND ORDER FOR HIS ARREST WAS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY OF 2023 AFTER HE FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT. >> POLICE RECOVERED 100 ROUND HERE. THEY SAY AN AR 15 AND A 40 CALIBER HANDGUN WERE ALSO RECOVERED. THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN WHERE THESE GUNS WERE PURCHASED. IT'S PART OF THE ACTIVE AND ONGOING INVESTIGATION. STILL HAPPENING HERE IN CHARLOTTE TONIGHT,

Charlotte suspect began firing at officers immediately: 4 killed, 4 injured

The deaths of four law enforcement officers in Charlotte are sending shockwaves across the state and the nation. 

WEEKEND'S CHANCES FOR RAIN. ELIZABETH, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING, THE DEATHS OF 4 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CHARLOTTE ARE SENDING SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION >> THIS VIDEO SHARED BY THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST BEFORE 11, 30 LAST NIGHT SHOWS A PROCESSION CARING JOSHUA AYERS, BODY AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL. YOU CAN SEE THE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD SHOWING THEIR RESPECTS FOR THE FALLEN OFFICER. >> ALSO HIGHER IS PICTURED ON THE LEFT HERE ALONGSIDE HIM OR OFFICER SAM PAUL ASH AND ELDON ELLIOTT, BOTH FOR TASK FORCE OFFICERS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ADULT CORRECTION U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED, ALSO DIED IN MONDAY'S SHOOTING AND 4 OTHER OFFICERS WERE HURT. >> JUST BEFORE 11 LAST NIGHT, CHARLOTTE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER AS TERRY HUGHES JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO SURF AND FELONY WARRANTS WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPTED FROM INSIDE THE HOME. OTHER OFFICERS WHO TRIED TO HELP THOSE WHO WERE SHOT WERE ALSO HIT BY BULLETS. POLICE SAY HUGHES CAME OUT OF THE HOME, STILL HOLDING HIS GUN AND OFFICER SHOT HIM TO DEATH. >> RIZZO RAIN WHO LIVES IN THE AREA OF THE SHOOTING CAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF THE STANDOFF BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PEOPLE INSIDE THAT HOME ON GALWAY DRIVE. SHE TELLS WRAL SHE WAS LATE PICKING UP HER CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET OUT OF HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THE SWAT WENT THROUGH ABOUT 3 ROUNDS OF >> SHOOTING SHOOTING SHOOTING 15 MINUTES SHOOTING SHOOTING, SHOOTING 30 MINUTES. AND THEN THE LAST TIME WAS WHEN EVERYTHING IN THAT ASSAULT. >> THE SNIPERS WALKING BACK. SOME LOCALS. THEY MUST BE DONE NOW. >> AND NEIGHBORS SAY THEY ARE STILL SHAKEN HOURS LATER AND WRAL'S ERIC MILLER'S IN CHARLOTTE FOR US THIS MORNING. HE'LL JOIN US WITH A LIVE

Support pours in for officers killed in shooting in Charlotte

Officers killed in Charlotte shooting

Authorities have identified Samuel "Sam" Poloche,  Joshua Eyer and William "Alden" Elliot and Thomas M. Weeks, Jr. as the four law enforcement officers who died in Monday's shooting in Charlotte.

Four officers killed, 5 others injured in Charlotte shooting

Investigators identified the suspect as 19-year-old Daniel Cruz Rivera of Durham.

Man arrested in connection to Christmas Eve shooting in Carrboro

A US marshal confirmed to WRAL News that Braulio Fuentes-Martinez turned himself in to Wilson police on Wednesday morning.



Man faces judge in case of quadruple shooting at Wilson County Fairgrounds

Braulio Fuentes-Martinez

Garner police were assisting US Marshals with a search warrant near the school when the subject barricaded himself inside his home.

<p>DETAILS AS SOON AS WE GET THEM. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. ERIC MILLER REPORTING LIVE FOR US IN RALEIGH. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN GARNER RIGHT NOW. POLICE THERE ON THE SCENE OF A STANDOFF. OUR WRAL'S WILLIE DANLEY LIVE FOR US. HE'S IN THE BREAKING NEWS TRACKER RIGHT NOW. WILLIE, WE KNOW MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ON LOCKDOWN BECAUSE OF ALL THIS. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? &gt;&gt; YES, NORTH GARDNER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY ON LOCKDOWN AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO THE SUSPECT IS BARRICADED INSIDE OF A HOUSE HERE ON AVERY STREET IN GUARD ARE NOT GOING TO BEHIND THE CAMERA AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THIS SCENE. IT'S A VERY HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE HERE. THEY HAVE A PORTION OF AVERY STREET SHUT DOWN AND OFF AND ON OVER THE PAST 20 MINUTES, YOU COULD HEAR THE POLICE OFFICERS PLEADING WITH THEM AND THAT IS INSIDE OF THE HOUSE TO COME OUT. &gt;&gt; THAT IS TO NO AVAIL. SO FAR. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE STREET ARE STILL UNABLE TO GET INSIDE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION. NOW, ACCORDING TO GARNER POLICE, THEY WERE ASSISTING THE U.S. MARSHAL AN AWARD SERVICE. AND THAT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED UP TO THIS BARRICADE SITUATION. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT WARRANT WAS FOR. AND IS ANYONE ELSE IN THIS HOUSE AND IS ANYONE HURT? WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THAT INFORMATION. BACK TO</p>

Suspect in custody after standoff with Garner police

Garner police involved in standoff; nearby school on code yellow lockdown

A Durham couple was alarmed Monday when their home security cameras showed U.S. marshals approach their front door with a plastic shield and guns drawn.

IS SAYING ABOUT THE INCIDENT. >>> CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS ON YOUR SECURITY CAMERA? U.S. MARSHALS WALKING AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, GUNS DRAWN. >> TURNS OUT THEY HAD THE WRONG HOUSE. SARAH KRUEGER EXPLAINS THE MIXUP. >> Reporter: THE BELL FAMILY WAS NOT HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED, U.S. MASHABLES COMING UP TO THE DOOR OF THEIR HOME THAT THEY HAVE OWNED MORE THAN THREE YEARS. >> MY HUSBAND CALLED ME TELLING ME THAT HE HAD BEEN REVIEWING THE RING DOORBELL AND HE SAW THE U.S. MARSHALS ON THE CAMERA. >> Reporter: THEY COVERED UP THE CAMERA THEN KNOCKED, PEERING INTO THE WINDOWS AND COMMENTING ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING. IT UNFOLDED MONDAY JUST BEFORE 8:00 IN THE MORNING, ABOUT A HALF HOUR AFTER SHE LEFT. >> WE WERE SCARED TO COME HOME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE KNEW WE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING. >> Reporter: SHE CONTACTED AUTHORITIES AND HEARD MASHABLES MARSHALS WERE LOOKING FOR A MURDER SUSPECT THAT HADN'T LIVED THERE FOR. >> I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. >> Reporter: IF IT HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY, SHE FEARS IT COULD HAPPEN TO ALMOST EVERYONE. >> I'M STILL ON EDGE TO BE HONEST.